ANTHRO MID TERM 51 - 75 Part 3

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Recent finds in Africa date Homo sapiens to about __________ years ago

160,000

By about __________ B.C., archaeologists had found most of the major characteristics of civilizations.

3500

Cities first appeared in the Near East about __________.

3500 B.C.E.

The first clear indication of a changeover to food production took place in the Near East about _____ B.C.E.

8,000

Who are the Denisovans?

A recently discovered hominin species

Which of these innovations appeared during the Upper Paleolithic

Art

Most archaeologists believe that the __________ was one of the earliest centers of plant and animal domestication

Fertile Crescent

The Middle Paleolithic period in Africa is called the

Middle Stone Age

Lower Stone Age settlements in ____ were contemporary with the Upper Paleolithic cultures in Europe and North America

Africa

The earliest known modern-looking humans found so far lived in

Africa

In the Near East, dogs seem to have been domesticated

Before the rise of agriculture

Which of these is the earliest evidence of art

Carvings

Most of the remains that have been excavated from Upper Paleolithic sites have been found in

Caves and rock shelters

The first form of writing found in Sumer and dating to around 3000 B.C.E. is known as

Cuneiform

The earliest Neolithic societies were

Egalitarian

What is the currently accepted scientific name of Neandertals

Homo neandertalensis

Only ___________ fossils have been found in North and South America

Homo sapiens

Toward the end of the Upper Paleolithic period, people got most of their food from __________.

Hunting

Why do we still not know when human language emerged

It is a difficult topic to explore archaeologically

Toward the end of the Acheulian period, a technique was developed that enabled toolmakers to produce flake tools of a predetermined size. This was called the _____ method

Levalloisian

The wild grass teosinte led to today's domesticated

Maize

What do Neandertal skeletons tell researchers about their levels of activity

Neandertals made strenuous use of their bodies

Where were bananas first domesticated?

New Guinea

Why did the Upper Paleolithic cultures rely on hunting for food?

There were vast supplies of meat available

Among archaic peoples of Mesoamerica, __________ were located near seasonally abundant resources.

macrobands


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